The First World War
by John Keegan
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Have time just for one?
Narrative and history,
Checks all the boxes.
The Guns of August
by Barbara Tuchman
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As the lamps went out
A drama never surpassed
As told by the best
The Irregulars
by Jennet Conant
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Dahl. Before he was
A beloved weaver of words:
Weaving intrigue. Spy.
The Irregulars
by Jennet Conant
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Before he spun tales
That mesmerized us as kids:
A spy among us.
The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of WWI
by Douglas Brunt
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A genius, artist.
To fight for humanity,
When the world wants war?
The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789
by Joseph Ellis
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A Revolution
A story we know, and yet…
There’s more to that tale.
The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914
by Christopher Clark
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Old window, new view.
The days before, power, strife.
Paved the way for war.
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
by Ben Macintyre
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Drive: A Better Life;
Free his world from lies. A Spy.
Drive: Wealth. A Traitor.
The Things They Carried
by Tim O’Brien
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Memory, to start.
Granular, mundane, afraid.
War, outside, within.
The Western Front: A History of the Great War, 1914-1918
by Nick Lloyd
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Vivid: Builds upon
The tale told by greats: Tuchman,
Then Keegan, now, Lloyd.